auspicious

showing signs that something is likely to be successful in the futuresynonympromisingan auspicious start to the new school yearIt was an auspicious date for a wedding.Their first meeting was hardly auspicious.It was not a very auspicious beginning to his new career.We waited for an auspicious moment to make our request.oppositeinauspiciousWord Originlate 16th cent.: from auspice (from French, or from Latinauspicium, from auspex